Lower than 10 video games into the brand new season, the Los Angeles Lakers are getting one other headache with the oft-injured Anthony Davis.
Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Thursday that the Lakers star large man is coping with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Charania characterised the damage as a “nagging” one and added Davis has been coping with it because the finish of final season.
Davis, who will flip 32 years previous in March, appeared in a career-high 76 video games for the Lakers final season and likewise featured for Staff USA throughout the Paris Olympics this previous summer time. He has appeared like a possible NBA MVP candidate within the early going this season with 32.6 factors and 11.6 rebounds per sport by seven video games. However Davis aggravated his foot damage throughout an ugly loss to the Detroit Pistons earlier this week and needed to sit out of Wednesday’s blowout loss to the Memphis Grizzlies because of this.
Plantar fasciitis is an damage that’s notoriously painful and tends to linger. Though Davis may return to the lineup as quickly as Friday towards the Philadelphia 76ers, that isn’t what the Lakers need to hear with 74 video games left to go this common season. Davis additionally continues to play as their middle, a bodily unforgiving place, so the Lakers could have to make a roster transfer (such as this rumored one) earlier than lengthy to be able to protect Davis.
